Fastener clip



' Patented Feb. 24, 1931 p V (UN T D;

1 or-DERBY, couivnorlcu'r im anent: V r

Application filed (lctobei 10,1925, s ig airiso f Ourinvention relatesto new and useful i111, provementsjin a' fastener clip for pail coversand the like and has for one of ts ob ects't o provide a simpleandeffective device of this 5 character whereby a coverin'ay be readilyand quickly fastened to a pail, tub or the like.

. Another object of the invention is tofprovide a fastener clip, oneportion ofwh ch 1s 7 designed to engage a hoop on a pail, tub or thelike and another portion disposed across the.

cover, and if found desirable, attached thereto whereby-said cover willbe securely held in Place 1. l: o

Afurther object ofthe lnventlon s to pro- 15 vide a fastener clipwhichmay be hrstattached to the cover of apail, tub or the l ke and when saidcover is placed in .pos tlon, a

' part of'the clip will be located for connection 7 Vwith a hoop of thepail, tub or the hke and by 20 certain manipulations brought into 'pQS'Ve;

engagement with the hoop and such position fixed by alioldingtahiwhichimaylbe re i y o a 'fied'form of the invention.-

released when occasion requires therremoval Q QOVeT-M c A still furtherobject of-the. invent on 1s to form 'a fastener clip from suitable plable material to produce astrap, ahanger connectedwith one end ofthestrap bymeans of a lip, saidihangerfincluding a holdmg tab 6 passingbetween parts of the lip and ada t to be bent down over the strap tolook a hook on the pail, tub' or the like," 7 H E With these ends inview, this inventlon conf sists in the rdetailslof construction andcombination of elements hereinafter set forth and then specificallydesignated bythe claims.

In order that thoseskilled in the art to Whichthisinvention appertainsmay underon the outer end of the hangeragainst a hoop describe itsconstruction in detail', referring by numerals to the accompanyingdrawings forming a part of this inventlon, in which I Fig. 1, is afragmentary sectlonal View of. a pail, tub or other receptacle showingthe formation of the hoops with which our mproved fastener clip is to beused. p v r ,Fig. 2, is an enlarged fragmentary sectionalview showingthefastenerclip secured to the cover and'readytobe fastened-in place.

7 Figs, is'a similar iew illustrating the final position of thei'clipforfastening the cover on V the receptacle and also showingindottedlines the intermediateposition of the clip. Fig'fl, is atop orplan view 'ofasimilar fastener clip showing the use of prongs atthe'inner end of the strap for connectingthe latter to thecoverr Fig. 5,'is an edge v1ew thereof showing it attached tothe cover. *1

Fig: is an endelevatmll without the cover. Fig.7], is a fragmentaryplan-view of a cover with portions broken away and illustrating a form"of clip wherein a hanger is produced at both ends of the "strap.

"Fig: 8,-is "a plan view ofamodified form} of the clip which maybep-roduced'from wirefi .f c F1gf9', is an end elevationthereofI;

tached to a section of' the cover. I

Figr'll, is a plan view'of aflfurther modi attached toa'section of acovert, I r

- In carrying [out the V invention a's herein Figi12, is an edge viewthereof showingi it embodied, 15 representsa receptacleof anysuitablematerial andany desirziblhonstruction, part cularly such as are used incandy pails or tubs and'the parts arehelditogether or straightenedbyhoops l6,"17 -and"18. The

hoop;16 is provided with a roll, fiange,"bead orthe'like 19, preferablyalong its lowered'ge 7 so that the'upper portion may be fashioned to"cover the'upper' edge "of the receptacle on which the cover, 20 restsand a part ofthe inside face of the receptacle. Of course it is i to beunderstood that any other substitute I anchoring element'ma'ybeprovided, stand how to make and use the same, I will Thefastenerfclip' illustrated in Figs. 2 to 6. inclusive'comprises a'flatstrip of suitable material, preferably metal, having portion partlallycut out intermediate its ends to pro- Fig- 10, isa side elevationshowing it I at.

is bent or fashionedto produce a strap 23 which overlies thereceptaclecover 2OQ The strap 23 may be'fastened'to'said cover 7 in. anysuitable manner, as by a staplefzet passing through the. strap-andcover-and clinched at the inner end or by prongs 25 fashioned from theinner end of the strap and projected through the cover where the endsmay be clinched, as shown in Fig. 5.

At the Outer end of the strap, a portion is V bent inward at a suitableangle to the strap ill) rivet: 3,0 I at theiif point f lrossing.

to provide a lip 26 and from this depends the hanger 27 having a hook 28or other'similar formation at'.'its;1ower4jend for." eng-a'gellle111?with the anchoring element 19 of the hQQp-lfi:

When the cover is placed in position on the receptacle, as shown in Fig.2, the hook 28 lies directly under the anchoring element 19 and bydrawing the lip 26upagainst the pro-- jecting end ofthe strap 23,asshown. inFig. 3,

e 9 illlbeb ag t i b nu sagemea with e. hq ng l mei t 19,

and the holding tab 21;.v moved upward as indicated? in dotted lines.and thereafter said holding tab may be bent down against the firmlyfasteningthe cover in place. a a

h ae ssara o r me e he ove t a relatively easy matter to bend-thetabiupward and then force the hanger downward to disengage the hook 28ffr2om the;receptacle hoop, The fastener clip being. of fairly. stiff eiabl m t r a n the per s ef tened in position, the wil lzno t be'acciden tally I isplacedhutwhen necessary, may

be w lt-ream struction so. faras the hangelg lip, and holdns t -are @Hifi fl but th st p i'w u length as to passentirely. across thereceptacle coverr and therefqre need notbe. fastened to the coverinwhichicase there are angers. lip an tab at both n Q strap 29, and founddesirable, :two of.

t esestrapsmeyh f ened weat e y a Withsuch aconstruction the clip lay beplaced uponflthe cover after'the latter has been properly positioned andthe hooks then caused to. project beneath the anchoring ele-: ments and1 the, parts afterward fastened in place in the samemanneras abovedescribed,

In Figs. 8 to 1 inclusive, weliave shown ajclip embodyingthe same.feature but 11 structedofwire'or some'strarid material in which case thestrand is bent: intermediate its ,endsas at" 31" and thencarriedal ongin parallelism to form; the holding tab 32 and the lower portions ofthese two parallel strands; are bent upward to, form thehooks 33 andthenoutwardjand of'the same con tour as the hooks whferefro1n thestrands are carried upward parallel' \vitl1 the tab strands as at i toproduoe'the hanger, but

these are thenbentbackward to form lips 35 and from said-dips thestrands project firmly, r er b y'w hj heirmi Portions diverging toproduce the strap elements 86 and-the terminals of such strap elementsare bent downward'so as to form prongs 37 p. asshmn In u ie n. Fig- 3her by In Fig. 7 we have shown a similar cone.

which may be projected through the cover and clinched as shown in Fig.10.

This form of the device is used identically the same as that illustratedin Figs. I

2 and 3.

The modification illustrated in. Figs. 11

and'12 is formed from spring metal and in".

cludes a strap 38' which may be fastened to h receptac e. .COVQIT r astapl 9 r it equi val ent,fa spring boiv portion40 from which dependsthe hanger 41 having its terminalifashioned in the form of a hook 42 forengagement with the anchoring element 19 carried by the receptacle.

In this form of the invention the hook 4:2, is fo'rced under the"anchoring: element againstftlieaction ofthe spring bow andi after beingreleased, saidspring'bow will drawthe hooks snuglyup against the 2111c'horing element and hold the cover firmly" on top" of the receptacle;Such a construe; tion 1 causes" the coverto be firmly held'in placeunder .s'pringtensi'on and by the necessary pressure upon the spring bowportion,

:0- h 1 0 1 may be readily, disengaged fro the anchoring element;

' Of course we do not wishto be limited to the exact. details ofconstruction as herein shown, as these may beva'ried within the limitsof the appended claims without departing from the spirit of ourinvention.

Havingthusfullydescribed our invention, a

what we claim as'new anduseful i 1 1.; lA's anarticle ofmanufactu-re,afastener clip f'orthe covers ofrecepta'clesincludingformed by partially cutting a section 1 from the clip intermediateits-ends, lip produced by bending a. portion of the clip inaterialtoward the free end of the strap,- thus caus ingth'e tab to projectthrough 'the i aperture formed 'by the production of said ta:b,-"= ahanger: depending) from the lip and 'ai hook at" the lower end 0f; saidHanger for: engage ment with an anchoring element on a'; recep; taclep 1r Y 2. A fastener clip for the eovepofa recep' tacle constructedfroin asingle piece offma terialhaving a portion partially-cut thereanchoringelement on thereceptacle: during the closing of the -.li-p against thestrap;

3. A device of the kind described compris- 100a[straptooVerIie-thereceptacle cover-,a tab ing a hanger having a hookat its lower end for engagement with an anchoring means carried by areceptacle below its upper edge, a lip projecting outwardly from theface of the hanger opposite the hook and at-the v other end of saidhanger, a strap projecting from the lip for securement to the receptaclecover, said lip to be drawn against the underside of the contiguous endof the strap to with an outstanding anchoring element, and a cover whichrests upon the upper edge of" Q aifixed our signatures.

move the hook into positive engagement with i the anchoring means, andmeans carried by the upper end of the hanger and passing betweenportions' of thestrap for disposition over said strap after the lip hasbeen drawn against the under side thereof.

4. A fastener clip for use in connection with .a receptacle having ahoop provided the receptacle", comprising means for securement'to theouter face ofthe cover with a portion projecting beyond the edgethereof, means for engagement with the anchoring element of the hoop, alip connecting both of said means and the closing of which draws thesecond named means into engagement with the anchoring element, and a tabcarried by the second mentioned means bendable into a position overlyingthefirst mentioned means to hold the parts in place.

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto HENRY S. DE FOREST. LUDOLF HERESDE WYK.

